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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Berta, Annalisa. Marine mammals : evolutionary biology. Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, ©2015 xi, 719 pages |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Annalisa Berta; James L Sumich; Kit M Kovacs |
| ISBN: | 9780123972576 0123972574 |
| OCLC Number: | 908047230 |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (739 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), photographs |
| Contents: | Front Cover; Marine Mammals; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION; 1.1 MARINE MAMMALS-"WHAT ARE THEY?"; 1.2 ADAPTATIONS FOR AQUATIC LIFE; 1.3 SCOPE AND USE OF THIS BOOK; 1.4 TIME SCALE; 1.5 EARLY OBSERVATIONS OF MARINE MAMMALS; 1.6 EMERGENCE OF MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE; 1.7 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Part-01 -- Evolutionary History ; Chapter 2 -- Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Classification; 2.1 INTRODUCTION: INVESTIGATING EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES; 2.2 SOME BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS; 2.3 HOW DO YOU BUILD A PHYLOGENETIC TREE? 2.4 TESTING PHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESES2.5 APPLYING PHYLOGENIES: ELUCIDATING EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS; 2.6 TAXONOMY AND CLASSIFICATION; 2.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 2.8 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 3 -- Pinniped Evolution and Systematics; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION; 3.3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 3.4 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 4 -- Cetacean Evolution and Systematics; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION; 4.3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 4.4 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References. Chapter 5 -- Sirenians and Other Marine Mammals: Evolution and Systematics5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SIRENIANS; 5.3 THE EXTINCT SIRENIAN RELATIVES-DESMOSTYLIA; 5.4 THE EXTINCT MARINE BEAR-LIKE CARNIVORAN, KOLPONOMOS; 5.5 THE EXTINCT AQUATIC SLOTH, THALASSOCNUS NATANS; 5.6 MARINE OTTERS; 5.7 THE POLAR BEAR, URSUS MARITIMUS; 5.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 5.9 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 6 -- Evolution and Geography; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SPECIES IDENTITY; 6.3 SPECIATION; 6.4 ECOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING DISTRIBUTIONS OF MARINE MAMMALS. 6.5 PRESENT PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION6.6 RECONSTRUCTING BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; 6.7 PAST PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION; 6.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 6.9 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Part-02 -- Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Behavior ; Chapter 7 -- Integumentary and Sensory Systems; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; 7.3 NERVES AND SENSE ORGANS; 7.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 7.5 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 8 -- Musculoskeletal System and Locomotion; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 PINNIPEDS; 8.3 CETACEANS; 8.4 SIRENIANS; 8.5 SEA OTTER; 8.6 POLAR BEAR. 8.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS8.8 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 9 -- Energetics; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 METABOLIC RATES; 9.3 THERMOREGULATION; 9.4 ENERGETICS OF LOCOMOTION; 9.5 OSMOREGULATION; 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 9.7 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES; References; Chapter 10 -- Respiration and Diving Physiology; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 CHALLENGES OF DEEP AND PROLONGED DIVES FOR BREATH-HOLDERS; 10.3 PULMONARY AND CIRCULATORY ADAPTATIONS TO DIVING; 10.4 DIVING RESPONSE; 10.5 DIVING BEHAVIOR AND PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS; 10.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. |
| Responsibility: | Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs. |
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"...has been fully updated and improves significantly upon the excellent foundations in the 2nd edition. ...I highly recommend this book for students and researchers alike. ...any time I find myself wandering into unknown territory, my first instinct is to grab this volume off my shelf." --Journal of Mammalian Evolution "...outclasses several other competing works, which tend to showcase marine mammals as special cases instead of focusing on the comparative and historical methods that demonstrate how they evolved...a necessary book for both beginners and experts. Students will find it readable, authoritative, and appealing with its extensive imagery." --The Quarterly Review of Biology "I highly recommend this book for veterinary students or veterinarians at the start of their careers in marine mammal medicine or research who are looking for a supplemental reference on marine mammal biology." --Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association "We should thank the authors for the great effort they have made to gather all the diverse information available and to present it in a highly comprehensive book, and one that can only be recommended to all readers interested in this challenging field." --M. S. Fischer, Jena, JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH "...deals with the evolution of marine mammals in detail, and the remainder of the book is a good, solid guide to their complex biology. That said, Marine mammals: evolutionary biology will certainly be popular with students, because it is clearly and concisely written, and intelligently illustrated." --CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS "...the book does represent a good reference source that I will certainly use myself, and it will serve those who teach these themes extremely well. Berta et al. deserve to be congratulated for this comprehensive tome - it is a thorough, precise and clearly written reference that will serve admirably those interested in the evolution of marine mammals." --Corey J.A. Bradshaw, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, POLAR RESEARCH Read more...
